Wheth­er you are pre­par­ing for a race in the moun­tains or not, one of the easi­est and fast­est ways to improve run­ning form is to include reg­u­lar hill work in your train­ing.… Read more.

Alti­tude presents one of the world’s most extreme envir­on­ments. The high moun­tains have enticed adven­tur­ists for many years and more recently ath­letes have begun to com­plete events in the ele­ments to push their lim­its and reach new heights… Read more.

As more and more best-selling mind­ful­ness apps emerge, its cur­at­ive powers appear more wide-ran­ging and its inter­ested parties more diverse, but can mind­ful­ness med­it­a­tion be use­ful for run­ners, and if so, how?… Read more.

Per­form­ing to one’s best in a multi-day race relies on much more than phys­ic­al abil­ity… Read more.

Why sleep is even more import­ant than you thought for every day life and train­ing… Read more.

Find out our top tips on how to accli­mate to the heat… Read more.

A com­mon short­com­ing we find among the ultra mara­thon pop­u­la­tion is the lack of focus on appro­pri­ate recov­ery and rest. So which meth­ods are best… Read more.

Most ultra-run­ners have resigned them­selves to the fact that there are no short­cuts in this endur­ance sport. The quick­est route to get­ting faster, stronger and more effi­cient is to put the hard work in. But what if there were legit­im­ate gains to be made not out on the trails… Read more.

As any­one who has ever taken part in an ultra knows all too well one of the most com­mon ques­tions you will get asked (or ask your­self) is “Where do you even start?!… Read more.

We take a look at the import­ance of set­ting spe­cif­ic goals for multi-day events… Read more.

Ultra X Sri Lanka com­pet­it­or and pro ultra run­ner Anna-Mar­ie Wat­son had a huge 2018. In this art­icle she takes us through how she man­aged to “cram” it all in… Read more.

For those who don’t enjoy set­ting up for­mu­las and geek­ing over the num­bers, don’t worry — we’ve saved you the effort! We’ve put togeth­er a tem­plate race week nutri­tion plan… Read more.

There are two import­ant tim­ing win­dows which com­pet­it­ors need to be aware
of, a short and a longer one… Read more.

If you’re look­ing for an all-in-one power smooth­ie to fuel your mind and body for the day to come, check out here. Per­fect for any­one, run­ner or not!

Get­ting your nutri­tion right dur­ing a multi-stage is prob­ably THE most import­ant thing to get right if you want to per­form well. The train­ing is done, the kit is packed and the start line awaits. It’s time to fuel… Read more.

Stay­ing hydrated does not simply mean drink­ing lots, rather it is prin­cip­ally about main­tain­ing the cor­rect bal­ance of elec­tro­lytes… Read more.

Just get­ting to the start of this event is an adven­ture in itself, both for the run­ners and the crew, this marks the cul­min­a­tion of months of hard work, research and pre­par­a­tion.… Read more.

One week today, Ultra X Jordan 2019 com­pet­it­ors will be tack­ling the long day, a mid-week 70km battle with the sand, the heat, and them­selves. For an insight into how they’ll be feel­ing before set­ting off, check out the fol­low­ing mem­oir from one of last year’s com­pet­it­ors... Read more.

Tak­ing on an inaug­ur­al event always rep­res­ents a massive oppor­tun­ity. A new race in a new coun­try will nev­er be easy, com­pet­it­ors do not know exactly what to expect, nor how to pre­pare for the cli­mate and ter­rain. A new race means they are not able to learn from the advice of pre­vi­ous run­ners… Read more.

It is now one week on from what was undoubtedly the toughest race that I have ever par­ti­cip­ated in… Read more. One of the Ultra X Founders on his exper­i­ence in the inaug­ur­al Oman by UTMB.

This is undoubtedly going to be a buck­et list race and those that made it this time will be able to say forever “I was there when it all began!””… Read more.

No race report can do the justice that this amaz­ing event deserves. Rather than recount some of the amaz­ing stor­ies and stages of the race, I want to explain what it really means to have “The UltraX­per­i­ence”… Read more.

I wanted to share with you the kit I used for the 242km Wadi Rum Ultra… Read more. Fer­gus Scholes on his kit list for the 2016 Wadi Rum Ultra (aka Ultra X Jordan)

We take a look at Jan Tschudy’s move from triath­lon and into the world of ultra run­ning… Read more.

Last month Ultra X partnered up with the Nation­al Run­ning Show, Inner­Fight, Tobi­as Mews and MyRaceKit to offer two lucky people the prize of a life­time — Ultra X entry to Jordan, train­ing and much more! triath­lon and into the world of ultra run­ning. Meet them here.

Our events are for every­one and once again we have a diverse range of par­ti­cipants tak­ing part, from first-timers and mid-pack­ers, to seasoned endur­ance ath­letes and pro ultra run­ners.
We asked five of the athletes/heroes com­pet­ing in the inaug­ur­al race about their motiv­a­tions for tak­ing on this epic chal­lenge. Check out what they had to say… Read more.

Ultra X Jordan 2019 was the second of our qual­i­fy­ing events and it was anoth­er unfor­get­table week in the desert. It was one of the closest races we’ve ever had, with the podi­um pos­i­tions and age group qual­i­fy­ing slots being hotly con­tested all week… Read more.

We want to offer the unfor­get­table exper­i­ence of a multi-stage ultra without for­cing com­pet­it­ors to take hol­i­day and to encour­age people who’ve nev­er tried an ultramara­thon before to take on the chal­lenge.… Read more.

Cre­at­ing chal­lenges to push the mind and the body is in our DNA and as such when TRIBE approached us back in Novem­ber 2018 with the sug­ges­tion to col­lab­or­ate to cre­ate the third instal­ment of the Run for Love saga we jumped at the chance… Read more.

For our Jordan and Mex­ico par­ti­cipants this is an oppor­tun­ity to meet some of your fel­low com­pet­it­ors, get use­ful inform­a­tion for the upcom­ing races and try on some kit… Read more.

Regis­tra­tion for Ultra X Jordan (pre­vi­ously Wadi Rum Ultra) has offi­cially opened for the 2019 race… Read more.

This past week the Ultra X team have been in Sri Lanka com­plet­ing the last route checks before the ultramara­thon in April… Read more.

The Ultra X team has just returned to the UK from the foot­hills of Kandy, Sri Lanka… Read more. The Ultra X team on their recent trip to Sri Lanka and what goes into a race recce. 

80% are broken by mid- Feb­ru­ary so why both­er?… Read more. The Ultra X team are set­ting some big goals for 2019.

The Ultra X Sum­mit is the high­light and biggest nation­al event in our cal­en­dar… Read more. Ultra X launch the 2019 Sum­mit with tick­ets avail­able here.

Ultra X Mex­ico 2019 was the third and final qual­i­fy­ing event of this year (there will be three more next year) and it was a truly unfor­get­table week in the canyons. Read more.

Ultra X Mex­ico starts at the magic town of Creel situ­ated 2345 metres above sea level. So, we are chal­len­ging YOU to climb there… Read more.

Dr Danny Long­man from Cam­bridge Uni­ver­sity spent the week in Jordan at the 2018 Wadi Rum Ultra. His aim was to con­duct research on the effects of pro­longed heat exer­tion on the human mind and body… Read more.

Ath­letes can qual­i­fy through one of four ways: 1) Gain­ing points through excep­tion­al per­form­ance; 2) Qual­i­fy­ing through the Ultra X Alle­gi­ant scheme; 3) Being selec­ted in the char­ity bal­lot… Read more.

The first thought that enters a lot of people’s minds when they hear about an Ultra X event is that such an under­tak­ing would be impossible… Read more.

Ultra X are delighted to announce their new part­ner­ship with Just One Body Osteo­pathy who will be provid­ing ser­vices at all our events… Read more.

Read about some of the top ath­letes who will be racing in Sri Lanka… Read more.

How Ultra X are using this amaz­ing soft­ware start-up to map their trails… Read more.